Who is a Candidate for Radiosurgery Treatment?

Radiosurgery may be an option for many patients with tumors when other treatment options have failed, when surgery can remove only a portion of the tumor, the tumor has recurred or when surgery is too risky. There are also a few tumors such as acoustic neuromas for which radiosurgery might be the best option as a first treatment. Other lesions such as arteriovenous malformations can be treated and radiosurgery can also be effective to treat the pain of trigeminal neuralgia.

The Baylor Radiosurgery Center treats adult patients and is one of the few facilities in the world experienced in the radiosurgical treatment of young children.